MLB has suspended Dodgers infielder, Chase Utley for the next two games of the National League Division Series. Utley was suspended for a late slide into second base during Game 2 that left Mets, Ruben Tejada with a broken leg. Utley will appeal the suspension and will be able to play until the appeal is compromised.
Nevertheless, the Dodgers won Game 2, 2-5 over the Mets, tying the best-of-5 series at 1-1. Utley was ruled safe at second base, which upon further review, was immediately noted to be against MLB rules. MLB Chief Baseball Officer, Joe Torre, said that “after thoroughly reviewing that play from all conceivable angles, I have concluded that Mr. Utley’s action warrants discipline. While I sincerely believe that Mr. Utley had no intention of injuring Ruben Tejada, and was attempting to help his Club in a critical situation, I believe his slide was in violation of Official Baseball Rule 5.09 (a) (13), which is designed to protect fielders from this type
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The intent of this rule is to penalize the offensive team for intentional, and unfair action by the runner by leaving the baseline for the obvious purpose of crashing into someone, in this case, Ruben Tejada on a double play, rather than trying to reach the base. This was obviously an umpire’s perspective.
If the appropriate rule had been applied correctly during Game 2, the Mets would have been given a double play, and the inning would have been over, with the Mets up 2-1. In addition, the Mets quickly released a statement about the the suspension of Utley, saying it was “the appropriate course of action.”
However, on Twitter, the Dodgers responded to Utley’s decision to the appeal, “The Dodgers stand behind Chase Utley and his decision to appeal the suspension issued tonight by MLB. No further comment at this
Jurisdiction means the power, right and authority to interpret and apply law, according to Mayer, Warner, Siedel, & Liberman (2015). The current petition for Blackhorse v. Pro-Football, Inc. (2014) was filed at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington D.C. in 2006. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, which is an independent administrative tribunal within the United States Patent and Trademark Office, resolved the case. The office is authorized to determine a party’s right to register a trademark with the federal government, or if the party already owns a registration, it determines its right to maintain it according to Mayer, Warner, Siedel, & Liberman (2015).
After leaving one runner on second in the previous inning, the eighth looked as if the Boom would at least tie, if not take the lead. Daniel Sweet (Dallas Baptist), Michael Gizzi (State College of Florida) and Matt Gandy (Creighton) worked consecutive base-on-balls to load the bases with no one out. Sanford made a pitching change, with Cody Henry (Alabama) coming to the plate. He lined a frozen rope over a ducking Gizzi, right at the short stop, who beat Gizzi back to the second base bag, for the double play. Sweet scampered home, as the first pitch of Garrett Wolforth’s (Dallas Baptist) at-bat, got away from the catcher.
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